Board of Nursing/Letters of Concern

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act updates the Board of Nursing’s enabling act to allow the Board to issue confidential letters of concern to licensees who have acted in manner warranting concern but have not violated the Board’s statute or regulations. The purpose of the letter of concern is to encourage the licensee to improve such practice. The bill further allows the Board to require any licensee who receives 3 or more letters of concern to appear before the Board for a hearing to assess the licensee’s competency, at which time the letters of concern would no longer be confidential.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. May 13, 2025CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House · House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
2. May 21, 2025CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 5 On Its Merits · House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
3. Jun 10, 2025HousePassed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT38–0 vote
4. Jun 10, 2025CommitteeAssigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate · Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset
5. Jun 11, 2025CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits · Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset
6. Jun 26, 2025SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
7. Aug 25, 2025GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 7 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 1 Republican.

• MM Melissa Minor-BrownD Primary sponsor · District 17
• MP Marie PinkneyD Joint sponsor · District 13